A nice sign

This came from one of my customers that I do SEO for and it makes me feel good:

We currently have enough projects in the pipeline to keep us busy for the next 12-18 months, so keep doing what you're doing. Things are going great here. 

We can help you get leads and sales!

More to come!  

Now is the time to really look at e commece

 Brick and mortar stores are starting to fade fast. Any store that you have to visit is potentially a super spreader of the virus. I recently quoted a potential customer that had a salon a nice website but no one was coming! The bottom line is people still do not want to get out as much as we think. I recommend you look at having an e-commerce site and use this until the scare has left us which I hear could be more than a year still!

We are here if you need us!

More to come

Joe

The time is now to push e-commerce

 With Covid threatening a second wave, it is important to be thinking of building an e-commerce web site.

What can be done you ask? if you have a brick and mortar store, bring it online now and realize that life after Covid will not be the same as it was before. People are just now starting to get out and shop again but as they do it seems that the virus is spreading again. We have chosen to stay at home, we do shop and get our prescriptions but we will continue to wear our mask and to keep that six-foot distance! In the meantime, think about putting your items online and using the power of the web to sell the items. We offer e-commerce solutions that you would find to be affordable.  Write to me at jrossini@rossini.com and let me show you how we can help you make money and save your business!

More to come, visit www.rossini.com or www.marketyourbusinessnow.com for more information.

Talk soon.

Joe!

Now is the time for an e-commerce website

With this virus, people have stayed in and not gone out shopping a lot. The states are starting to open up your ability to shop but still, millions are being careful and shopping online. An easy to use e-commerce website can bring you leads and sales. What do you need to know:

Make the website responsive

Make sure it is easy to use and to navigate

Use good long tail keywords internally so the search engines will make it easy for people to find you

Make the site look attractive

And much more. we at rossini.com can help you have that web site that snaps and is easy to find. Visit us today at www.rossini.com for more information.

More to come soon!

Hacking our cars!!!

Vehicle hacking and data theft increases

Even before we get into the subject of self-driving cars, vehicles today are basically moving data factories. Modern cars are fitted with an array of GPS devices, sensors, and in-car communication and entertainment platforms that make them an increasingly profitable target for hackers and data thieves.

Criminals have learned to piggyback into private networks through connected home appliances and smart devices, thanks to the lack of security standards among the thousands of device manufacturers and service providers. Likewise, the automobile is likely to increasingly become the backdoor of choice in the coming years thanks to the growing amount of data they collect and store about our day-to-day lives. Attackers will have the choice of targeting either the vehicles themselves, perhaps using them to access email accounts and then personal information, or the cloud services where our data is routinely sent for storage and analysis. Large scale harvesting and resale of this data on the black market is highly lucrative for cybercriminals.

Another very real danger is that malicious actors could learn to compromise the digital controls and safety features of modern vehicles. The idea of hijacking autonomous cars and taking over their controls may seem far-fetched right now, but it’s a threat that’s being taken seriously by the automotive industry as well as lawmakers. During 2020, we’re likely to see more debate over this aspect of the safety of self-driving vehicles, as the regulatory framework that will allow them to operate on our roads continues to take shape.

Info provided by Bernard Marr

More on cyber attacks

“Criminals are getting more creative and hyper-focused on how they go about obtaining access to the things they need to conduct their crimes,” said Steve Ragan, the report’s principal author and Akamai security researcher. “Criminals targeting the financial services industry pay close attention to the defenses used by these organizations

, and adjust their attack patterns accordingly.”

Is there an answer to the onslaught of cyber attacks faced by financial services firms?

Shannon Simpson, cyber security and compliance director at Six Degrees, suggests an outsourced approach as one way to address security challenges. Read here

Additionally, August 2019 saw the largest credential attack against a financial service provider in Akamai’s history, which consisted of over 55 million login attempts, although this was not completely directed at APIs.

The same culprits of that incident caused another later that same month, this time targeting APIs directly and produced over 19 million attacks.

The most frequent type of attack on financial services, according to the report, was Local File Inclusion (LFI), which targets scripts running on servers to force the leak of sensitive information; this accounted for 47% of observed traffic.

SQL injection (SQLi) also made up a prominent proportion of attacks on financial services (36%).

The sector also faced a noteworthy amount of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks; it ranked third in attack volume compared to other industries, coming in behind gaming and high-tech, but a leading proportion of 40% of unique DDoS targets were in financial services.

DDoS attacks: why size isn’t everything

Today’s DDoS attacks have evolved to become far more deceptive, complex and frequent than the simple, volumetric technique which gave the attack its name. Read here

“Security teams need to constantly consider policies, procedures, workflows, and business needs – all while fighting off attackers that are often well organised and well-funded,” Ragan continued. “Our data shows that financial services organisations are constantly improving by adopting fluid security postures, forcing criminals to change their tactics.”

Are you a ring user read this

Ring, 2FA, and a Win for Consumers

BY ASHLEY BOYD | FEB. 18, 2020 | ADVOCACY

Today, Amazon announced that two-factor authentication (2FA) is now mandatory for all Ring users. In recent months, several stories have emerged about Ring users being hacked, harassed, and spied on. This extra layer of security will help prevent further episodes.

This is positive news for consumers — and proves that even the mightiest tech companies will respond to consumer pressure. We often feel helpless about the state of online privacy and security. But when a movement of consumers, nonprofits, and journalists reaches critical mass, we can push consumer tech in a better direction.

The change comes on the heels of loud advocacy by Ring users and organizations like Mozilla and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). In December, Mozilla launched a petition urging Amazon to mandate 2FA for all Ring devices, and over 8,000 consumers signed on. Meanwhile, EFF revealed that Ring shares personal data with an array of third parties. (In today’s announcement, Ring also said it is pausing certain third-party tracking and allowing users to opt out of targeted ads.)

There’s a lot of work ahead of us — both in the industry at large, and with Ring specifically. For example, extensive reporting has highlighted concerns about Ring’s ongoing partnerships with police departments across the U.S., and the way in which its Neighbors app can stoke fear, paranoia, and over-policing. But today, we’re applauding Amazon and Ring for listening to consumers and prioritizing its customers’ security.